Mahabharata 1.140.45 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 140, Shloka 45
Hiḍimba’s Approach and Hiḍimbā’s Warning to Bhīmasena (हिडिम्बागमनम् / हिडिम्बा-भयवचनम्)
ततो<वलुम्पनं कृत्वा प्रयात: पिशिताशन: । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु नकुलो5प्याजगाम ह
tato ’valumpanaṁ kṛtvā prayātaḥ piśitāśanaḥ | etasminn eva kāle tu nakulo ’py ājagāma ha ||
Daraufhin machte sich das fleischfressende Wesen, nachdem es seine Beute fortgerafft und sich mit ihr davon gemacht hatte, davon. In eben dieser Stunde traf auch Nakula dort ein—als Auftakt zur nächsten Begegnung und zum Entfalten der Folgen, die an Tat und Zeitpunkt gebunden sind.
जम्बुक उवाच
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The verse highlights how actions and their immediate aftermath shape the moral and narrative landscape: predatory wrongdoing (a flesh-eater carrying off prey) creates a situation into which a righteous agent (Nakula) arrives, implying that timely arrival and response are crucial in upholding dharma.
A flesh-eating being has just snatched something away and left. Precisely then, Nakula arrives on the scene, indicating a transition to the next event—likely confrontation, investigation, or the discovery of what has occurred.
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